Research

How Blockchain Can Help the Environment

A study by Miriam Allena suggests a pervasive system of environmental controls based on new technology, which allows citizen associations and individuals to support public authorities in the monitoring process

How Rankings Disrupt Cooperation and How Managers Can Restore It

In an experiment, Cassandra Chambers observed that the introduction of performance rankings dramatically disrupts cooperation in groups. But simply supplying groups with information about their members' rates of cooperation could largely offset this negative effect

Invest in Private Companies, Their Accounts Are More Reliable than Public Companies'

A new study finds that, when comparing companies with similar organizational structures, public companies' incentive to over report earnings in order to boost shortterm results outweighs market discipline

OASI Report: Italy's NHS in Identity Crisis amid an Expanding Healthcare System

According to SDA Bocconi's CERGAS scholars, there is an urgent need to redefine the mission of the National Health Service, which has reached substantial financial stability (e149 million deficit out of e119 billion expenditures, equal to 0.1%), but is growing less than privately funded services. With a study of the career hurdles women face

Smaller than in Germany and France, but Italian Family Businesses Are Still in Good Health

The AUB Observatory (AIDAF, UniCredit, Bocconi) this year compares family companies in Italy, France and Germany. The governance is more similar than expected, but only 9 Italian family businesses exceed 5 billion in turnover, compared to 34 German family businesses and 21 French

Bocconi's School of Law Joins the American Society of Comparative Law

The association, founded in 1951, publishes the prestigious American Journal of Comparative Law